Left-wing Opposition leaders have made renewed criticisms of Tánaiste Simon Harris, over remarks he made about migration numbers in Ireland being too high. During Leaders’ Questions, Ms Cairns said Mr Harris spoke about migration numbers being too high just days after anti-immigrant rioting at Citywest. She said it was wrong of the Tánaiste to say Ireland’s migration numbers are too high. Mr Harris said recent data from the Economic and Social Research Institute shows the population is growing “way faster than baseline projections”. So let’s actually have a rational, calm, informed debate that doesn’t seek to label people, shout them down, box them into certain positions.”

Source: The Irish Times November 04, 2025 19:16 UTC